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Tucker County’s Wright shines in regional meet

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KEYSER — Tucker County’s Lela Wright captured two events and was part of a pair of winning relay units, and Harman junior Jessie Heavner won a title during the Class A, Region II meet held Tuesday at Keyser High School. Wright captured both 100-meter dash (12.69) and 200 (27.24) and joined Mayah Gross, Addi Moats and Rachel Hile in capturing the 4x100 relay (54.24) and 4x200 relay (1:57.10). Other regional champs for the Lady Mountain Lions included Estoria Chase in the 3,200 (14:09.57), the 4x400 relay of Moats, Kenah Griffith, Livey Mayne and Hile in a time of 5:06.76 and the ...

Rodriguez drives in a pair of runs in his return to the majors, Pirates top Rockies, 7-2

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Endy Rodriguez had two hits and drove in a pair of runs in his return to the majors and the Pittsburgh Pirates breezed past the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Thursday. Rodriguez, a catcher once considered among the top prospects in Pittsburgh’s farm system before missing all of 2024 and most of 2025 due to a pair of elbow injuries, doubled off Chase Dollander (3-3) in the second and added a two-run single in the third in his first big league appearance since June 6, 2025. Ryan O’Hearn had three hits for Pittsburgh, including a two-run homer in the first as the ...

Rodriguez talks how WVU football is closing the gap financially

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MORGANTOWN — It’s been almost a month since West Virginia football’s Gold-Blue Spring Festival, or spring game. That means it’s been a month since Rich Rodriguez talked in front of the local media. However, Rodriguez has done some national media appearances and recently sat down for ...

Prep baseball regional pairings revealed

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ELKINS — Elkins High School is guaranteed of at least one game in the postseason after the WVSSAC released the regional brackets on Wednesday. The Tigers are the fourth seed in the six-team Class AAA, Region II double-elimination tourney and will host Keyser on Monday. Sixth-seed Lewis ...

Mountaineers looking for another dominant effort from Yehl

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia pitcher Maxx Yehl doesn’t get the average treatment of a regular college pitcher. After pitching, his week leading up to his next start includes massages, red light therapy and ice baths. Yehl is doing everything a MLB pitcher does after pitching. ...

Weather pushes back softball regional play

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ELKINS — Elkins, Buckhannon-Upshur and Tygarts Valley will all need wins this week to stay alive in regional action which was pushed back on Wednesday due to the weather. The fourth-seeded Lady Tigers (12-15) face fifth-seed Bridgeport at 5 p.m. Friday in a Class AAA, Region II elimination ...